The Shannon-Fano and Huffman coding techniques Differences between modeling and coding

Expanding and improving Huffman coding with Adaptive Huffman techniques

Using arithmetic coding

Implementing powerful statistical models

Evaluating dictionary compression methods including the LZ77 and LZ78 families

Applying lossy compression techniques to computer graphics and digitized sound data

The JPEG compression algorithm Developing a complete archive program

The code in this book has been written to compile and run using sever- al compilers and environments. These include Microsoft C/C++, Borland C++, Zortech C++, and Interactive UNIX System v3.2. The disk contains all of the source code.